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Modern Design Surveys, eighteen
Modern Design Surveys, eighteen
estimate: $200–300
result: $750
provenance: Collection of Mark McDonald
Complete Lot Details
Die Wiener Werkstatte: Modernes Kunsthandwerk Von 1903-1932 Wilhelm Mrazek, Osterreichisches Museum fur Angewandte Kunst, Wien, 1967. 100 plus plates pages, Softcover.
Tea & Coffee Tower; Twenty-Two Tea and Coffee Sets Alessandro Mendini, Electa, Milan, 2003. 191 pages, Softcover.
Italy on Stage: Silver and Architects in the Cleto Munari Collection Paolo Portoghesi, Giuseppe Mazzariol, et al., Art Gallery of Ontario / Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Toronto, 1986. 115 pages, Softcover.
Kyllikki Salmenhaara 1915-1981 Marianne Aav, Henrik Grohn, et al., Museum of Applied Arts, Helsinki, 1986. Softcover.
Friedl Kjellberg: Keraamikon Tie 1924-1970 Mirja-Kaisa Hipeli, Arabia Museum, Helsinki, 1989. Softcover.
Toini Muona: Arabia 1931-1970 Marjut Kumela, Taideteollisuusmuseo, Helsinki, 1988. 31 pages, Softcover.
From the Kilns of Denmark: Contemporary Danish Ceramics Wendy Tarlow Kaplan and Hope Barkan, Rhodos International Science & Art Publishers, Los Angeles, 2002. 113 pages, Softcover.
House & Garden's Book of Color Schemes Richardson Wright and Margaret McElroy, The Conde Nast Publications, Inc., New York, 1929. 227 pages, Hardcover.
At Home In Manhattan: Modern Decorative Arts, 1925 To The Depression Karen Davies, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 1983. 123 pages, Softcover.
The Machine Age in America: 1918-1941 Richard Guy Wilson, Dianne H. Pilgrim and Dickran Tashjian, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1986. 376 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket.
Mark McDonald
The Founder of Mid-century Design
Mark McDonald has always been at the epicenter of the world that is mid-century design, to a large extent, it is a world he created. For over forty years, Mark has pioneered whole fields of collecting, providing the scholarship and creating the market for mid-century furniture, studio jewelry, ceramics and Italian glass.
In 1983, Mark opened Fifty/50 with partners Mark Isaacson and Ralph Cutler. This groundbreaking gallery defined collectors’ taste. At the time, modern works were still largely overlooked; Mark and his partners collected and presented the rarest and most interesting pieces, often working with the makers themselves, to create compelling exhibitions accompanied by catalogs documenting the work.
In the 1990s, Mark opened Gansevoort Gallery, where he continued to curate collections and exhibitions of lasting impact. Over the years, he established relationships with artists and their estates becoming the go to authority on the designs of Art Smith, Ilonka Karasz and Leza McVey, among others. His enthusiasm for the material extended beyond the gallery floor to the back room where lucky visitors got to flip through Mark’s impressive design reference library and discuss the importance of works with him.
A connoisseur and wealth of knowledge, Mark became a resource for prominent collections across the globe—private and public alike. He inspired a generation of collectors and dealers introducing designers and their production to an audience that continues to grow. In 2002, Mark closed Gansevoort and established 330 gallery in Hudson, New York. Now, semi-retired, Marks splits his time between New York and Florida. He still collects, curates, supports, and shepherds the scholarship of mid-century design.